Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy

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  • Disease or Syndrome
Definition:
A heterogenous group of inherited muscular dystrophy without the involvement of nervous system. The disease is characterized by muscular atrophy; muscle weakness; contracture of the elbows; achilles tendon; and posterior cervical muscles; with or without cardiac features. There are several inheritance patterns including X-linked (x chromosome), autosomal dominant, and autosomal recessive gene mutations.
Synonyms:
  • Autosomal Dominant Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
  • Autosomal Dominant Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
  • Autosomal Recessive Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
  • Autosomal Recessive Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
  • Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 2
  • Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, Autosomal Recessive
  • Emery Dreifuss Syndrome
  • Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
  • Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 2
  • Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, Autosomal Recessive
  • Emery-Dreifuss Syndrome
  • Emery-Dreifuss Type Muscular Dystrophy
  • Hauptmann Thannhauser Muscular Dystrophy
  • Hauptmann-Thannhauser Muscular Dystrophy
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Emery Dreifuss
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss Type
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss, Autosomal Dominant
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss, Autosomal Recessive
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss, X-Linked
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Scapuloperoneal
  • Scapuloilioperoneal Atrophy with Cardiopathy
  • Scapuloperoneal Muscular Dystrophy
  • Scapuloperoneal Syndrome, X Linked
  • Scapuloperoneal Syndrome, X-Linked
  • X Linked Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
  • X-Linked Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
  • X-Linked Scapuloperoneal Syndrome
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